Dayang Nurfaizah Back With New Single LATELY

Dayang Nurfaizah is back with new single ‘Lately’ released on 4th May 2009

We are delighted to announce the release of Dayang Nurfaizah’s new single ‘Lately’. The chart topping Malaysian singer is an undeniable talent having released an astonishing seven albums since her 1999 debut ‘Dayang Nurfaizah’. 

With her most recent album ‘Dayang 2007’ receiving rave reviews, Dayang is clearly a star in her own class and only she can set the limits to her boundless career with her heart-warming, moving and exhilarating repertoire. She has indeed catapulted to stardom and is unsurpassed in her vocal range and style.

Having recorded a new song ‘Lately’, the new track is released through Global One Music – a ground breaking project, bringing together over 35 of the most talented artists from 5 continents, recording specially written songs for simultaneous releases in their own languages around the world. Dayang will sit side by side in the project with some remarkable platinum selling artists, and has also completed a ‘Multimix’ version with several other international artists. As a further creative component in the Global One mix, Raindance is running a world wide competition for independent film-makers to win the chance of making the official ‘Lately’ video for international release*.

Dayang Nurfaizah’s version of ‘Lately’ will be released in May.  Collaborating with Dayang Nurfaizah is rapper Daly from rap quartet AhliFiqir who brings his distinctive brand of rap, an intoxicating mix of Malay pantun rhyming and modern beats to the track.

Global One Music is the first international project of its kind in music history, joining together a superstar collective. Other international artists include China’s Wei Wei, India’s superstar Sonu Niigaam, Daniela Mercury from Brazil and Ukraine’s Gaitana.

Global One’s mantra is “No passports, no visas, no politics. It’s just about the music” 
This is born out by their artist line up for the global release of ‘Lately’:

Brazil – Daniela Mercury
China – Wei Wei
India – Sonu Niigaam
Indonesia – Ruth Sahanaya
Israel – Shiri Maimon
Italy – Alexia
Japan – Blendz
Malaysia – Dayang Nurfaizah
Portugal – Daniela Mercury
Spain – Paula Lobos
Sweden – Paula Lobos
Turkey – Ozgun
UK – Liz McClarnon
Ukraine – Gaitana

Please visit facebook – Dayang Nurfaizah, www.dayangnurfaizah.com, www.globalonemusic.com and www.raindance.tv  

* Raindance.tv and Raindance Festival are pleased to announce that they have teamed up with Global One Music to launch a unique world-wide talent competition for aspiring music video directors. The contest has already begun and the closing date for video submissions is 2nd April 2009.

Young filmmakers from all over the world are being invited to submit a three-minute video, with the winning entry — selected by an expert jury – will be used all over the world as the promo video for ‘Lately’, and the winning video director commissioned to make a further video for the Global One project.

With the film and music industry constantly on the lookout for fresh talent, the Global One competition gives aspiring music video directors the chance to break into the industry by having their work viewed by the biggest names in the business, and to reach an audience of many millions around the world. The winning entry and best runners up will also be featured at the Raindance Festival, and on Raindance.tv and its affiliate channels.

Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Global One’s international initiative is exactly the kind of idea that can spark enormous creativity in young filmmakers by offering a clearly defined form within which to work, and through which to reach their audience – that’s the magic of music video.”

Global One’s President, Charlie Dilks said: “Raindance.tv and Festival are perfect partners for us as we are working with Artists all over the world. Raindance has a prestigious international reputation, and with www.raindance.tv they have a huge reach directly to new and talented filmmakers. We’re very excited to be in such good company’.

Competition Details:
The competition is to find the best single international video to accompany the song ‘Lately’ produced by Global One. The song is being recorded in approximately 20 countries as local language versions.  The song is tracking at 2’56” long. A master track for the competition, lyrics and other assets will be made available for all competition entrants to use.

The competition is open to all and the closing date for the competition will be 2nd April 2009.
Full competition rules, music video creative tips, and submission process, will all be available on the Raindance.tv website shortly. http://raindance.tv/globalone